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Nurses Forced to Assist with Abortions or be Fired
National Review Online ^ | 11/2/2011 | Matt Bowman

Posted on 11/03/2011 9:34:51 AM PDT by crusader71

Before October 2011, Lorna Mendoza and her nurse colleagues at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey served patients every day in the same day surgery unit without any hint that the hospital’s respect for the nurses’ religious beliefs was about to come crashing down around them.

But a few weeks ago the hospital suddenly announced it was imposing a new policy under which all same-day surgery unit nurses must assist in abortions or be terminated.

Twelve nurses represented by the Alliance Defense Fund have responded by filing a lawsuit to have the new policy overturned. And yet the hospital is planning to force Lorna and her colleague Julita Ching to assist abortions this Friday, Nov. 4, despite the hospital’s crystal-clear legal obligations not to coerce them.

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One more step towards the eventual criminalization of Christianity.
1 posted on 11/03/2011 9:34:51 AM PDT by crusader71
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To: crusader71

NURSING SHORTAGE!!!

Take the firing.
Sue the hospital.
Get a job at a pro-life hospital.
(by definition, shouldn’t all hospitals be “pro-life”?)


2 posted on 11/03/2011 9:43:14 AM PDT by G Larry (I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his character)
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To: crusader71

Tell the nurses to put on Burhkas and yell ALLAH AKBAR just after being ordered to perform abortions...


3 posted on 11/03/2011 9:43:21 AM PDT by Nat Turner (I can see NOVEMBER 2012 from my house....)
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Celebrate Jim's Birthday!

Click On The Balloons And Party!

4 posted on 11/03/2011 9:46:18 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: crusader71

I hope they know better than to quit.

Let the hospital have security escort them out, THEN sue for wrongful termination.

I would love to see a bunch of Pro-Life nurses OWN this hospital.


5 posted on 11/03/2011 10:14:27 AM PDT by Mrs.Z
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To: crusader71

Betcha anything the moslems get a pass on this. Bigots rule the world.


6 posted on 11/03/2011 10:21:21 AM PDT by x_plus_one (Obama: Brainwashing the masses to believe that racism is a greater danger than radical Islam)
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To: G Larry

Plus... sue for a special prayer room and special times each day to pray for the abortions to cease. Sue everybody in sight. Occupy the hospital. Bring in the media. Let’s roll...


7 posted on 11/03/2011 10:31:56 AM PDT by BigFinn (BigHat wisdom: Always drink upstream from the herd.)
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To: G Larry

they’re going after the “pro-life” hospitals too. Trying to force them to perform abortions.


8 posted on 11/03/2011 10:35:16 AM PDT by Scotswife
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To: Scotswife

Yep!
Another front in the pro-life war.


9 posted on 11/03/2011 10:44:49 AM PDT by G Larry (I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his character)
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To: crusader71

Thank you for posting this - update the nurses got a Temporary Restraining Order signed today.

I’m going to post this on the Jersey Board and try and get people to call the Gov. and also the disgusting Hospital.


10 posted on 11/03/2011 9:28:23 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: crusader71

sorry, I need a response to someone who said they cannot force you to do anything you do not want to do. Was anyone forced to assist? What was going to happen if someone refused?


11 posted on 11/04/2011 2:22:55 AM PDT by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

Sorry, it is 515am and I missed FIRED! .. but on what grounds can they fire you , and still they are not forcing anyone to assist.
Someone would assist rather than be fired. Has this ever happened to anyone?


12 posted on 11/04/2011 2:25:20 AM PDT by SMGFan
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